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Chapter 31.
The water hit my body and felt like lava was washing down on me. I stepped aside for a second and then back again and I repeated that little dance about a hundred times to give myself a pause between the self-inflicting torture of taking a shower.
I saw the scratchy loofah hanging on the golden hook and just the thought of scrubbing myself down with that sent a shiver down my body. The soap was all I could handle- it was oily and smelled of roses which was perfectly soothing against my wounds.
The shower took longer than usual because of how careful I was. Even stepping out proved to be a difficult task when I couldn't lift my legs because of my broken rib.
Nothing had healed and I don't remember the last time I was in pain for this long. Trixy always healed me before the pain took a strain on my psyche.
The shower was in a big room of its own with double doors that led out into
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Gabe chuckled, he looked toward the door and heaved a breath.“Let’s go,” he said and expected me to follow him. A move like that was something I would run by Trixy but seeing as she wasn't awake yet I was left to make the choice alone.He walked as though he knew I'd follow and I thought about it for a second. He didn't seem too strange and he’d been nice just now. However, the last person who was nice to me ended up dead. I was stuck in limbo and felt like a scared lamb, it annoyed the shit out of me so instead of questioning his intentions, I decided to follow him. We walked through the long halls that stretched and turned throughout the palace. There were more doors than I could count and I found it hard to believe that one single person knew what each room contained.I counted our steps and memorized the hallways, painting a map in my mind for when I planned to go.I wasn't worried about following him, he’s a royal guard with a high standing based on his uniform- that was unti
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